英语国家概况Chapter11

1、Chapter 11 - Part IAmerican GeographyAN INTRODUCTION TO THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIESCONTENTS11.1.1. American Locations11.1.2. The American Geography11.1.3. The American Rivers and MountainsWhite House The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United

2、States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., it was designed by Irish-born James Hoban. and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted sandstone in the late Georgian style. Mount Rushmore National MemorialNear Keystone, South Dakota, is a monumental granite sculpture by Gutz

3、on Borglum (18671941), located within the United States Presidential Memorial that represents the first 150 years of the history of the United States of America with 60-foot (18 m) sculptures of the heads of former United States presidents (left to right): George Washington (17321799), Thomas Jeffer

4、son (17431826), Theodore Roosevelt (18581919), and Abraham Lincoln (18091865).NYWAHICALANew YorkWashingtonHawaiiCaliforniaLouisianaThe Pacific CoastThe American WestThe Mid-WestThe American SouthMiddle Atlantic statesNew EnglandNew StatesAlaskaRhode IslandOregon & CaliforniaGeographic DivisionsC

5、entral partThe eastern partthe highlands formed by the Appalachian Range (阿巴拉挈亚山脉). one sixth of the territory relatively low, with an average altitude of 800 meters above sea level Mountains in U. S. A.Appalachian Mountains阿巴拉契亚山脉阿巴拉契亚山脉Rocky Mountains落基山脉落基山脉Appalachian MountainsRocky MountainsDirection From the northeast to southwestFrom the northwest to southeastAgeOlderYoungerHeightLower (2037 m)Higher (4500 m)Mississippi RiverFather of all WatersThe Great LakesNiagara Falls尼亚加拉瀑布尼亚加拉瀑布Maritime climateContinental desert climateContinental steppe climateHumid continental cl